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Story of Writing February 16, 2025
Season 25 Episode 216
The Anti-Discrimination Law of 1945 is passed - the first of its kind in the U.S., and it is the birthday of Otis Blackwell - with a reading from Eli…
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 15, 2025
Season 25 Episode 215
Christopher Columbus writes a wildly misinformed letter describing the places he'd seen in 1492 and 1493 and it is the birthday of Susan B. Anthony -…
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 14, 2025
Season 25 Episode 214
"The Pale Blue Dot," QWERTY, and Carl Bernstein's birthday - with a reading from Anne Bronte's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall."
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 13, 2025
Season 25 Episode 213
ASCAP is formed, the fire bombing of Dresden begins, Australia apologizes to the Stolen Generations, and Eleanor Farjeon and Kate Roberts were born o…
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing - the Meaning of Reading
An observation on what it means to be a reader
1 year, 3 months ago
The Story of Writing February 12, 2025
Season 25 Episode 212
Celebrating the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, and Judy Blume - with a reading from Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address.
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 11, 2025
Season 25 Episode 211
"Gerrymandering" begins, GM makes UAW a cohesive labor union, the Seabed Arms Control Treaty is signed, and Joy Williams and Mo Willems celebrate the…
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 10, 2025
Season 25 Episode 210
The birthday club includes William Allen White and Boris Pasternak - with a reading from White's editorial apologizing for an earlier piece in which …
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing, February 10, 2025
Season 25 Episode 210
The birthday includes William Allen White and Boris Pasternak - with a reading from White's 1906 editorial apologizing for a misinformed piece he wro…
1 year, 3 months ago